Dolly Parton. She came up from terrible poverty, has never forgotten what that was like, earned her money through incredible talent and hard work, and tries to help others as much as she can.
She would be crazy richer if she didn't keep giving away her money. Most importantly she's self deprecating and doesn't take herself too seriously despite every reason to do so. Love her.
There are a fair number of musicians who should actually probably have more because of the way they generate money through their creation but only actually get a fraction of that. If the thing you created makes a billion and you only get 10 million of that, it's very difficult to argue that don't deserve more, and by default all of what they actually do get.
Rick Astley. He’s such a sweet, mellow, family man. How can you hate the man? Memes aside, when you watch videos of him just talking to people, he’s so down to earth and has so much humanity to him.
Keanu has been through a lot that is difficult for most to overcome, and won those battles. He understands what struggles people have, and truly emphasizes with them. He helps a lot of people, even if it means just sitting and talking to someone over a cup of coffee. We don't deserve people like Keanu and Dolly Parton, but always need more people like them.
I read somewhere that Pat Sajak and Vanna White work about 30-40 days of the year, just cranking out a shitload of Wheel of Fortune episodes at once, and then just enjoy life for the rest of the year, relaxing and spending their ridiculously high paychecks.
Anyone who won the lottery. They paid really good money for really lousy odds and then had to pay huge taxes on top of that. They will usually spend it all way faster than they ever thought they could and then end up broke again.
If anybody in my younger years would have said to me that the guy from Punk'd would turn out to be one of the actors I respect the most... I'd have thought they were insane.
Anyone that didn't steal the shirt off others backs to get there - there are plenty of rich people that made others lives better/enriched other peoples lives while making their fortune, unfortunately there are loads more that made their money by exploiting others and making their lives worse to enrich their own.
I don't know if she was rich but that woman who won a lawsuit against McDonalds for burning herself with their over-heated coffee deserved every penny she got.
None. My wife and I work in tech with big, important titles, and each of us individually make many times more than the average household income in the US. Additionally, I recently sold my software company for a big pile of money. We have a million dollar house, collector cars, a trust fund for our 1-year old, etc.
This is exactly why I want to just kill myself. All I do is work, and it's been that way for so long, and I haven't been able to make any money. The sheer math of it all. Billions of people. Only a fraction of them get out of poverty regardless of how much work they do. It's so bleak.
Mr Beast is awesome, and I know this is a controversial topic, but filming homeless people being given money always makes me uncomfortable. On the one hand they get money and the youtuber gets views, it's a win win, I get that. On the other hand it's exploiting vulnerable people for profit and moral brownie points. I also understand the argument that it inspires people to do charitable deeds but that's difficult to prove. He has obviously evolved into what the channel is today but his early success was heavily based on charity content.
Every single one that did not attain that wealth in a criminal way. Bill Gates, Warren Buffet, Taylor Swift, Paul Mcartney, Joe Rogan, George Soros, Leo Dicaprio, Jeff Bezos, Richard Branson, etc.
Bill Gates bought a program called Quick and Dirty OS (Q-DOS) for $75k, renamed it MS-DOS, and then he licensed it to IBM. The thing is, Q-DOS was a ripoff of the 1st OS ever created which was called CPM. CPM's inventor, Gary Killdal, threatened to sue IBM. IBM reached an agreement where they would offer customers a choice between CPM and MS-DOS. However, the catch was... they offered MS-DOS for $40 and CPM for $240, so CPM never caught on. Gary eventually died at age 52 from alcoholism that likely stemmed from depression. Allegedly.
Pretty much every billionaire gained their wealth through some combination of inheritance, corruption and/ or exploitation. Contrary to what some may say, there is no such thing as a “blue collar billionaire”.
Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates, Larry Ellison, Mark Zuckerberg, Larry Page, Warren Buffett, Sergey Brin, Steve Ballmer, Mike Bloomberg, Donald Trump, etc....
He ruined IT beyond repair in order to enrich himself. He will be remembered in history as one of the worst after his influence on the public opinion fades.
I can agree with this one. The one guy brave enough to stand up and create for humanity. Tesla brought EV’s to what they are today. SpaceX made space travel affordable and created competition in that. One of the few who were told that what he envisioned was impossible and yet he still achieved it. And he’s still dreaming about what that next thing is.
Read up on how he got dues for treating his staff. Some of his rules are also not great, like all debt is equal. A mortgage is not the same as credit card debt.
Because he's literally a horrible person and didn't earn any of his own money. He bought in and then sued to be considered a founder of a company he didn't start. At all.
Yup. Most normal people are not willing to do the hugely unethical things they'd have to do in order to be successful under capitalism and even if they had large amounts of money would give it away to people who actually need it. There's something seriously wrong with millionaires and billionaires who hoard wealth, knowing people are homeless, starving, etc.
Not sure which is more deficient with this comment, understanding of basic economics, or understanding of basic morals. Either way, I’m assuming that you are trolling, because it’s too difficult to be that ignorant.
Elon earned it spite the fake news about his parents. I dunno other rich dude spending his money on advancing space technology and pushing electric cars into the mainstream. All of his failed projects arnt exactly failures just not planned out as much as they thought. I’m done fan boying lol
No rich person deserves every penny. They became rich by directly or indirectly taking too much from some1 else. Who actually works so hard that they make 25 million in a year? (Just an example) - no 1. That's who.
Now I'm wondering how often I use the words "someone", "everyone", and "no one". I don't normally think about it, but when I see you use the numeral (weird move, btw) it feels like we must use those words often.
I think there are quite a few football (soccer) players that deserve it. Players like Sadio Mane who ran away to pursue his dream and now that he made it has given lots of money back to Senegal to improve it such as donating to help build a hospital. Didier Drogba is credited with being a major part of bringing peace to his home country of Cote D'Ivore during a civil war. After they qualified for the world cup in 2006, Drogba called on both sides to lay down their arms which was met with a ceasefire - Carl Anka writes, "torn by religious and political tensions, Drogba seized a unifying moment for his country and invited TV cameras into the Elephants changing room where he made a speech to the camera. The man spoke and a nation listened — the elections went off without bloodshed."
Mattress mack from Houston this guy walks the walk. He's always helping the community and not just after hurricanes and floods. Just a great honest businessman.... so glad he's been blessed.
Steve harvey. He has been homeless. He still remembers what he went through. He is grateful for what he has now and what he had before. He is always thankful to those who helped him
Dolly Parton. She came up from terrible poverty, has never forgotten what that was like, earned her money through incredible talent and hard work, and tries to help others as much as she can.
I'm so glad to see this as the top post. Saw the headline and Dolly was my first thought.
She would be crazy richer if she didn't keep giving away her money. Most importantly she's self deprecating and doesn't take herself too seriously despite every reason to do so. Love her.
I came here for the sole purpose of upvoting whoever had this answer.
When I saw this as the top answer, I was so happy !
My friend might meet her, she got a job at Dollywood a few weeks ago. She Idolizes her.
She gets my vote too. Also Keanu Reeves
There are a fair number of musicians who should actually probably have more because of the way they generate money through their creation but only actually get a fraction of that. If the thing you created makes a billion and you only get 10 million of that, it's very difficult to argue that don't deserve more, and by default all of what they actually do get.
It's worse than you think. I worked on a royalty tracking system for a music label. Music companies are predators.
The Beatles were kinda victims of their shitty contract they signed too young.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_K._Michelson
Denholm Reynholm
FAAAAATHERRR!
Craig S. List
Jose Andreas
Good. I have given that man way too much of my money over the years.
Rick Astley. He’s such a sweet, mellow, family man. How can you hate the man? Memes aside, when you watch videos of him just talking to people, he’s so down to earth and has so much humanity to him.
I did not know this, thank you
Linus Torvalds (the guy that invented linux) he could be bill gates rich but instead he's a reluctant millionaire.
Came here to say this, glad to finally see it.
Actor Steve Buscemi. His characters are charming weirdos but IRL he is very generous and is a volunteer fireman. He's very low key about all he does.
DOLLY PARTON!
Anyone who made it using honest means.
Amazing how this seems to be an unpopular opinion. I agree 100%.
There’s an old saying. Never ask me how I made my first million, I’ll tell you about every million after that though
this one.
Keanu Reaves
Keanu has been through a lot that is difficult for most to overcome, and won those battles. He understands what struggles people have, and truly emphasizes with them. He helps a lot of people, even if it means just sitting and talking to someone over a cup of coffee. We don't deserve people like Keanu and Dolly Parton, but always need more people like them.
He deserves it as much as Carrot Top or any Hollywood star deserves it, that’s meant neither as a slight on him or any other Hollywood star.
Future me
Not future me, that guy's a bastard.
Probably doctors. It's 8-12 years of university, $100,000-$200,000 in student loans to pay, high malpractice insurance.
Its closer to 300-400k in loans, inflation a bitch.
Kek, no.
I read somewhere that Pat Sajak and Vanna White work about 30-40 days of the year, just cranking out a shitload of Wheel of Fortune episodes at once, and then just enjoy life for the rest of the year, relaxing and spending their ridiculously high paychecks.
Danny Devito
I’d like to say Jewel. Listening to her story on JRE opened my eyes. Her mother was awful and yet she’s so kind
Keanu Reeves.
Anyone who won the lottery. They paid really good money for really lousy odds and then had to pay huge taxes on top of that. They will usually spend it all way faster than they ever thought they could and then end up broke again.
Lottery winnings aren't taxed in a lot of countries. I'm from Ireland but live in the U.K. and it isn't taxed in either country. Plus many more.
Aston Kutcher
If he gets it instead of that other guy from that show that got all rapey I'm okay with that.
If anybody in my younger years would have said to me that the guy from Punk'd would turn out to be one of the actors I respect the most... I'd have thought they were insane.
He is doing a lot to balance out his mediocre acting.
Susan Boyle. What a voice.
Mackenzie Scott.
A nightmare that most people in the world would volunteer for in a heartbeat.
I agree with this completely, including the opinion regarding Elon!
Anyone that didn't steal the shirt off others backs to get there - there are plenty of rich people that made others lives better/enriched other peoples lives while making their fortune, unfortunately there are loads more that made their money by exploiting others and making their lives worse to enrich their own.
Johnny depp
Dolly Parton
I don't know if she was rich but that woman who won a lawsuit against McDonalds for burning herself with their over-heated coffee deserved every penny she got.
None. My wife and I work in tech with big, important titles, and each of us individually make many times more than the average household income in the US. Additionally, I recently sold my software company for a big pile of money. We have a million dollar house, collector cars, a trust fund for our 1-year old, etc.
You’re so humble, and I think you’re a great person for that. I think you deserve every penny you earn.
This is exactly why I want to just kill myself. All I do is work, and it's been that way for so long, and I haven't been able to make any money. The sheer math of it all. Billions of people. Only a fraction of them get out of poverty regardless of how much work they do. It's so bleak.
The International starts playing in the background
Princess Diana
Ricky Gervais
Yesssss!!!😁
Betty white
Loretta Devine
Ed Sheeran, he’s on his king behaviour
Ashton Kutcher, especially with his and his ex’s Thorn project
Shaquille O’Neal (Shaq)
Robert Downey Jr!!
Keaneau Reeves. Just look up his donation history
None.
I would say anybody who has built their wealth from the ground up.Also Johnny Depp and Danny Devito .Oh and also Keanu Reeves.
Anyone who worked for it
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Buffett didn't make the top ten list in 2021. Bill and Melinda Gates and their foundation was number one. Bloomberg was second.
Johnny depp
Steve Buscemi. He’s really not that rich compared to some others but he’s an amazing human being.
Johnny D
Aah, the daily "hate the rich" thread.
Yes, the "we hate rich people ... but not the rich people that we like" thread.
Wouldn't be reddit without blanket-hating entire groups of people
Why do you actually like people rich people?
The question is asking about positives, not negatives, meaning that it’s not a hate the rich thing
Mr beast
Mr Beast is awesome, and I know this is a controversial topic, but filming homeless people being given money always makes me uncomfortable. On the one hand they get money and the youtuber gets views, it's a win win, I get that. On the other hand it's exploiting vulnerable people for profit and moral brownie points. I also understand the argument that it inspires people to do charitable deeds but that's difficult to prove. He has obviously evolved into what the channel is today but his early success was heavily based on charity content.
Every single one that did not attain that wealth in a criminal way. Bill Gates, Warren Buffet, Taylor Swift, Paul Mcartney, Joe Rogan, George Soros, Leo Dicaprio, Jeff Bezos, Richard Branson, etc.
Bill Gates bought a program called Quick and Dirty OS (Q-DOS) for $75k, renamed it MS-DOS, and then he licensed it to IBM. The thing is, Q-DOS was a ripoff of the 1st OS ever created which was called CPM. CPM's inventor, Gary Killdal, threatened to sue IBM. IBM reached an agreement where they would offer customers a choice between CPM and MS-DOS. However, the catch was... they offered MS-DOS for $40 and CPM for $240, so CPM never caught on. Gary eventually died at age 52 from alcoholism that likely stemmed from depression. Allegedly.
You have some reading to do hoss
Pretty much every billionaire gained their wealth through some combination of inheritance, corruption and/ or exploitation. Contrary to what some may say, there is no such thing as a “blue collar billionaire”.
I don't think you understood OP's question.
Contrary to what this guy says there are blue collar billionaires
Yeah that's not true at all. The majority of the billionaires in the US are self made, many came from poverty.
Elon Musk. Made smart business acquisitions and built up the companies through marketing and belief in doing good
The creatives that do things most of us will never be able to do.
Felix Kjellberg
Jimmy Carter. He gives back the only thing that matters in this shithole world: his time
LeBron James
Hes also profited off of slave labor in China
Everyone except Vladimir Putin
Jessica Alba
all of them if they got rich by hard work or they help the needy
Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates, Larry Ellison, Mark Zuckerberg, Larry Page, Warren Buffett, Sergey Brin, Steve Ballmer, Mike Bloomberg, Donald Trump, etc....
Based off this list, I feel like you forgot Jeffrey Epstein.
Any one who works for it.
Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively.
Elon musk easily.
Lmfao
Rihanna
Michael Jackson’s even tho he’s dead
child rapist so no
bill gates
He ruined IT beyond repair in order to enrich himself. He will be remembered in history as one of the worst after his influence on the public opinion fades.
Bill Gates. Truly a great guy.
Didn't he cheat on his wife a bunch of times?
The guy who was friends with Jeffrey Epstein and visited his island multiple times? Ok
None of them
Oh what a clever and original reddit response.
Bitter much?
Elon musk
I can agree with this one. The one guy brave enough to stand up and create for humanity. Tesla brought EV’s to what they are today. SpaceX made space travel affordable and created competition in that. One of the few who were told that what he envisioned was impossible and yet he still achieved it. And he’s still dreaming about what that next thing is.
uh... the guy who nobody seems to realize is literally a batman villain? Not too sure about that one, chief...
BILL Gates cuz everybody loves microsoft, am i right?
Elon Musk
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Dave Ramsey. The guy was deep in debt and broke and dug himself out. Now he teaches others how to get out of debt and build wealth.
Read up on how he got dues for treating his staff. Some of his rules are also not great, like all debt is equal. A mortgage is not the same as credit card debt.
Why elon musk is not getting upvoted ...
Because he's literally a horrible person and didn't earn any of his own money. He bought in and then sued to be considered a founder of a company he didn't start. At all.
Mark Cuban. Self-made and actually seems like a decent guy.
Elon musk, that man shouldn’t even be taxed
Dr. Fauci
Paul McCartney
Rich porn stars. They gotta do a lot to be fair.
Trey parker will be remembered after hes dead as the genious of our time.
All of them, because it's their money. Maybe you have more money than I do at this very moment. Should I get to decide whether or not you deserve it?
Every single one of them I think.
bill gates (a controversial one) and trevor noah
Elon Musk and Donald J. Trump
No one. Wealth is immoral, full stop.
Yup. Most normal people are not willing to do the hugely unethical things they'd have to do in order to be successful under capitalism and even if they had large amounts of money would give it away to people who actually need it. There's something seriously wrong with millionaires and billionaires who hoard wealth, knowing people are homeless, starving, etc.
Not sure which is more deficient with this comment, understanding of basic economics, or understanding of basic morals. Either way, I’m assuming that you are trolling, because it’s too difficult to be that ignorant.
None of them.
Elon earned it spite the fake news about his parents. I dunno other rich dude spending his money on advancing space technology and pushing electric cars into the mainstream. All of his failed projects arnt exactly failures just not planned out as much as they thought. I’m done fan boying lol
None of them deserve EVERY penny, but I think Elon is using his to help people more than anyone else in American history.
Bro he got rich off his parents emerald mine.
In terms of money donated to charity in total, I think Bill Gates holds the record. Elon donated $5.7 billions to $15 billions Bill donated in 2021.
By constantly trying to divide everyone
No rich person deserves every penny. They became rich by directly or indirectly taking too much from some1 else. Who actually works so hard that they make 25 million in a year? (Just an example) - no 1. That's who.
Now I'm wondering how often I use the words "someone", "everyone", and "no one". I don't normally think about it, but when I see you use the numeral (weird move, btw) it feels like we must use those words often.
I don’t think you understand capitalism.
Beyoncé
Elon Musk, probs for his work, struggle and dedication
Define rich..
Guy Fieri. Awesome dude (it seems) and always doing fantastic humanitarian things.
None of them.
Conner McDavid
Gary Sinise
Most of them
Lottery winners
Keanu Reeves, has been through many difficult battles and donates large portions of his money to charities.
Mr beast
Jeff Bezos
Eminem and Cristiano Ronaldo
Singers like Billy Joel, Paul McArtney, etc. Hard work to entertain people to the point they have people wanting to buy their stuff.
Me when I become rich
Don Kedick
Doug Demuro
Adam sandler
Mr beast, he gives out money when he can, adores his fans and has food banks opened planning in an expansion too
I think there are quite a few football (soccer) players that deserve it. Players like Sadio Mane who ran away to pursue his dream and now that he made it has given lots of money back to Senegal to improve it such as donating to help build a hospital. Didier Drogba is credited with being a major part of bringing peace to his home country of Cote D'Ivore during a civil war. After they qualified for the world cup in 2006, Drogba called on both sides to lay down their arms which was met with a ceasefire - Carl Anka writes, "torn by religious and political tensions, Drogba seized a unifying moment for his country and invited TV cameras into the Elephants changing room where he made a speech to the camera. The man spoke and a nation listened — the elections went off without bloodshed."
Mattress mack from Houston this guy walks the walk. He's always helping the community and not just after hurricanes and floods. Just a great honest businessman.... so glad he's been blessed.
The GOAT POLO G☝🏽🔝
The Queen
Bo Burnham. Humility means a lot when you’re famous
All the big name pornstars
Warren Buffet, Bill Gates, Richard Branson, David Geffen, Oprah Winfrey
Just about All of them.
top answer! I agree!
Me, obviously.
Adam Sandler
Keanu Reeves
Mark Rober. He has some incredible content on Youtube about science.
Johnny Depp.
Donald Trump
Wait ... he's not rich.
Elon Musk
MrBeast. That's why so many people watch him.
Pablo
Steve harvey. He has been homeless. He still remembers what he went through. He is grateful for what he has now and what he had before. He is always thankful to those who helped him
Saltbae, the guy works 20 hrs a day
She deserves 30+ billion dollars?
The guy that invented lego is a g
As long as they are not billionaires, all of them. Billionaires should not exist.